---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact subsection 4 of section 40-05-24 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to requirements for cities granting property tax incentives; and to declare an emergency."
description: "Relating to requirements for cities granting property tax incentives; and to declare an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "68"
identifier: "HB 1495"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1495 (68)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Scott Wagner"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-18"
last_action: "2023-03-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4b4e2b43-7afb-42f0-9c11-8bd21147f2a4"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/68-2023/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "e849905a2b7dd490fc102cc3ad7d49bb64adb0f298f0ba56e622d4fd44292f39"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-nd"]
---

# North Dakota HB 1495 (68) — AN ACT to amend and reenact subsection 4 of section 40-05-24 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to requirements for cities granting property tax incentives; and to declare an emergency.

Relating to requirements for cities granting property tax incentives; and to declare an emergency.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **INTRODUCED** (filed) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0833-02000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0833-04000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0833-03000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1495 — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1495 — **93–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Scott Wagner — primary (person)
- Brandy Pyle — cosponsor (person)
- Carrie McLeod — cosponsor (person)
- Craig Headland — cosponsor (person)
- Dan Ruby — cosponsor (person)
- Dori Hauck — cosponsor (person)
- Glenn Bosch — cosponsor (person)
- Jason Dockter — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Nathe — cosponsor (person)
- Ronald Sorvaag — cosponsor (person)
- Scott Louser — cosponsor (person)
- Scott Meyer — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2023-01-18** Introduced, first reading, referred Finance and Taxation Committee `introduction`
- **2023-01-30** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2023-01-30** Committee Hearing 02:41
- **2023-02-01** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 14 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-02** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2023-02-06** Second reading, passed, yeas 93 nays 0, Emergency clause carried `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-02-07** Received from House
- **2023-02-10** Introduced, first reading, (emergency), referred Finance and Taxation Committee `introduction`
- **2023-03-01** Committee Hearing 02:15
- **2023-03-06** Committee Hearing 04:00
- **2023-03-09** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 5 1 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-10** Second reading, passed, yeas 46 nays 0, Emergency clause carried `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-03-13** Returned to House
- **2023-03-14** Signed by President
- **2023-03-15** Signed by Speaker
- **2023-03-15** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-21** Signed by Governor 03/20 `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-23** Filed with Secretary Of State 03/21 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4b4e2b43-7afb-42f0-9c11-8bd21147f2a4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).